Whatever the final outcome of the Democratic primary, the contest between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders has served to highlight two rather different philosophies of political change. Indeed, many Hillary supporters often have been heard to say things along the lines of “I like Bernie’s ideas, but I just don’t think they’re realistic. He can’t win, and even if he did, he’d never get any of them passed.” The underlying assumption is that politics is merely the art... Read more

… to speak about a moral economy that works for everyone, not just the top 1%! How great is this? Here’s the announcement this morning: JUST IN: Bernie Sanders invited to speak at the Vatican about how to create a moral economy.Watch more here: http://on.msnbc.com/1UMXo6V Posted by MSNBC on Friday, April 8, 2016 UPDATE: The New York Times has more on this story. Meanwhile, this: Read more

A Bernie Sanders supporter has taken part of his speech from Liberty University and turned it into an AMAZING new (unofficial) campaign video — and it’s blowing up on the Internet with over 230,000 videos so far! Watch and share: Read more

Shaun King is absolutely right — the superdelegate system is bad for the Democratic Party: … on Saturday, Sanders won every county in Washington state and won nearly 75% of the vote. It was a drubbing. Will of the people be damned, the superdelegates in Washington all said they are voting for Clinton, including Gov. Jay Inslee, U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray and U.S. Reps. Jim McDermott, Suzan DelBene, Rick Larsen, Adam Smith, Denny Heck and Derek Kilmer.... Read more

  Bernie’s spirituality appears remarkably similar to someone else’s…. This is why we are Christians for Bernie! Read more

It would happen at Bernie Sanders’ Portland event, of course. Portland being the city that gave us Portlandia, and the hilarious “Put a Bird On It” sketch. Well, there was a bird at Bernie’s rally in Portland on Friday, who made a very special appearance. Just watch the video: Posted by POLITICO on Friday, March 25, 2016 But what is more remarkable is Bernie’s actual response: “I think there may be some symbolism here. I know it doesn’t look like... Read more

By Jeremy John. Originally posted on glassdimly.com. Poll numbers are like profits for politicians. And in some sense, this is what has gone wrong with the American election cycle: politicians have become scientists who cast their stances machine-part by part until they assemble the perfect election-bot. If that weren’t enough, the politician’s views are surveyed and staked, a deed is drawn up, and each of the views that won the election are sold to the money-changers that funded the victory.... Read more

Welcome to the Christians for Bernie blog! Now, immediately some of you may be wondering, “Why Christians for Bernie?” Why would Christians in particular be drawn to a Jewish socialist whose personal religious views don’t fall neatly into any of the conventional institutional options? Well, besides the obvious similarity between that description and a certain first-century Jewish carpenter, allow me to highlight five other reasons American Christians should support Bernie Sanders for president this election season: 1. Bernie’s platform is about helping... Read more